What Sport Tells Us About Life
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What Sport Tells Us About Life
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Author : Ed Smith
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2008-03-06
What Sport Tells Us About Life written by Ed Smith and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-06 with Sports & Recreation categories.
There is a huge category of sports fan: people who love a bloody good argument. Sport makes them think, engage and argue. Given that people already take sport so very seriously, and at such an intense level of enquiry, then Ed Smith concludes we should draw out some of sport's intellectual lessons and practical uses What Sport Teaches Us About Life gives us a rare glimpse into the world of sport as seen from an extraordinarily keen, and closely-involved observer. In one chapter Smith extols the virtues of amateurism in today's professional world; in another he explains why there'll never be another sportsman as dominant as Don Bradman. He unearths the hidden dimensions of England's 2005 Ashes win, examines the impact of the free market on cricket and football, argues that cheating is not always as clear cut as it might seem.
Life As Sport
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Author : Jonathan Fader
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2016-05-03
Life As Sport written by Jonathan Fader and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-03 with Self-Help categories.
Why do sports captivate people? They allow us to watch human beings achieve peak performance, but, beyond physical strength and skill, what's really impressive is an athlete's mental prowess -- their will to succeed, engagement with their environment, and self-confidence. In Life as Sport, sport psychologist Dr. Jonathan Fader shares the skills that he teaches professional athletes--to enhance motivation, set productive goals, sharpen routines, manage stress, and clarify thought processes--and applies them to real-world situations. Dr. Fader's book is the product of thousands of hours of conversations with athletes from various teams and sports: power forwards, tennis phenoms, power-hitting outfielders, and battle-scarred linebackers, as well as hedge-fund managers, entrepreneurs, A-list actors, and dozens of other elite achievers in sports, business, and performing arts. It offers a compendium of stories, theories, and techniques that have been helpful to players, coaches, and executives in professional sports. What emerges is more than just a set of techniques, but a life philosophy that anyone can live by: an internal code to help translate our talent and drive toward the highest plateaus of performance. Dr. Fader designs his strategies to be studied, learned, practiced, and improved. He offers his readers the same exercises that he uses in every session with a professional athlete. These exercises help you to get truly engaged, whether you are designing a new business plan, working to inspire a team or individual, or even falling in love. This is what it means to truly live life as sport--to approach it with the same immediacy, wonder, and engagement that athletes feel at their peak during a game. Life as Sport helps you to pursue your own goals with an enriched intensity -- not only because it creates new potential, but also because it helps you unlock what was always there to begin with.
Late To The Ball
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Author : Gerald Marzorati
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2017-05-02
Late To The Ball written by Gerald Marzorati and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"An award-winning author shares the inspiring and entertaining account of his pursuit to become a nationally competitive tennis player--at the age of sixty. Being a man or a woman in your early sixties is different than it was a generation or two ago, at least for the more fortunate of us. We aren't old.
Luck
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Author : Ed Smith
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2013-04-01
Luck written by Ed Smith and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
For aspiring cricketer Ed Smith, luck was for other people. Ed believed that the successful cricketer made his own luck by an application of will power, elimination of error, and the relentless pursuit of excellence. But when a freak accident at the crease at Lords prematurely ended Ed Smith's international cricketing career, it changed everything - and prompted him to look anew at his own life through the prism of luck.Tracing the history of the concepts of luck and fortune, destiny and fate, from the ancient Greeks to the present day - in religion, in banking, in politics - Ed Smith argues that the question of luck versus skill is as pertinent today as it ever has been. He challenges us to think again about privilege and opportunity, to re-examine the question of innate ability and of gifts and talents accidentally conferred at birth. Weaving in his personal stories - notably the chance meeting of a beautiful stranger who would become his wife on a train he seemed fated to miss - he puts to us the idea that in life, luck cannot be underestimated: without any means of explaining our differing lots in life, the world without luck is one in which you deserve every ill that befalls you, where envy dominates and averageness is the stifling ideal. Embracing luck leads us to a fresh reappraisal of the nature of success, opportunity and fairness.
Life Is A Sport
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Author : Stephanie Rudnick
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-05-03
Life Is A Sport written by Stephanie Rudnick and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-03 with categories.
The journey of a basketball player is full of incredible highs and frustrating lows--whether you're an athlete, their parent, or their coach. Read the stories in this book to discover how the good, bad, ugly, and amazing experiences on court teach athletes important lessons that help them create enduring success in their lives.
Myths And Milestones In The History Of Sport
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Author : S. Wagg
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2011-11-29
Myths And Milestones In The History Of Sport written by S. Wagg and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-29 with History categories.
The conventional history of sport, as conveyed by television and the sports press, has thrown up a great many apparent turning points, but knowledge of these apparently defining moments is often slight. This book offers readable, in-depth studies of a series of these watersheds in sport history and of the circumstances in which they came about.
The Greatest
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Author : Matthew Syed
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2017-02-23
The Greatest written by Matthew Syed and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-23 with Sports & Recreation categories.
What can Roger Federer teach us about the secret of longevity? What do the All Blacks have in common with improvised jazz musicians? What can cognitive neuroscientists tell us about what happens to the brains of sportspeople when they perform? And why did Johan Cruyff believe that beauty was more important than winning? Matthew Syed, the 'Sports Journalist of the Year 2016', answers these questions and more in a fascinating, wide-ranging and provocative book about the mental game of sport. How do we become the best that we can be, as individuals, teams and as organisations? Sport, with its innate sense of drama, its competitive edge, its psychological pressures, its sense of morality and its illusive quest for perfection, provides the answers.
Prospect
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Prospect written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Great Britain categories.
The Meaning Of Sport
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Author : Simon Barnes
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2007-09-02
The Meaning Of Sport written by Simon Barnes and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-02 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Takes you on a journey from the Olympic Games in Athens to the World Cup in Germany - via the Ashes series, the Ryder Cup, Wimbledon, and more. This book examines why sport holds us all in such thrall, how it uplifts and crushes us - and can seem to matter more than life itself.
The Christian Athlete
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Author : Brian Smith
language : en
Publisher: David C Cook
Release Date : 2022-04-05
The Christian Athlete written by Brian Smith and has been published by David C Cook this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-05 with Religion categories.
The Christian Athlete is a gospel-centered guide that assists athletes who identify as Christians and are seeking to understand how to practically apply their faith to their sport. Athletes desire—and deserve—a more substantive expression of the Christian faith in the context of sport, but they don’t know what it looks like or where to turn to learn more. Author Brian Smith shares his story as an athlete and coach, and his experience working with high-level athletes in the last decade to help readers better understand how to integrate faith and sport by: Assisting those who want a wide-angled understanding of how to live the Christian faith in the context of sports Walking through the many questions Christian athletes ask about winning, losing, injuries, practice, and everything in between Moving Christian athletes from simply having clichéd spiritual sayings decorating their bodies or t-shirts to actually living out their faith through all the opportunities their sport offers them The Christian Athlete will show readers how to live out a biblical perspective on athletics and urge them to engage in the gifts they are given to glorify God whether they are the team MVP or riding the bench.